Cooling apparatus.



K. NAKAGAWA. COOLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 17, 1998.

Patented July 13, 1909.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

KIKUJ I NAKAGAWA, OF ALLEGl-IENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

COOLING- APPARATUS.

TNO. 928,145.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KIKUJI NAKAGAWA, a citizen of Japan, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of' Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Cooling Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This in vention relates to cooling apparatus, and the object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this character whereby water or other liquid may be filtered and conveyed from the filter to a suitable cooling chamber provided with a plurality of bottles adapted to be filled by the pipe connecting the hlter, the filter being provided with an outlet pipe communicating with a chamber provided with a water wheel, the shaft of the water Wheel being connected with a fan having an air inlet and having a connection with the cooling chamber, whereby the liquid is filtered and deposited in the bottles and the air fan rotated to convey cool air to the chamber within which the bottles are deposited to normally retain the bottles and their contents cold.

Another object oll the invention is to provide a device of this character having a chamber into which cold air is automatically pumped through the action of the water received within a lter, the chamber' being adapted for the reception of bottles as well as rovisions or other articles advantageously :cpp in a cool place.

ith these and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel construction of elements and their arrangement in operative combination hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: `Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of an apparatus constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view upon the line 2-2 oi Fig. 1, the bottles or receptacles being removed.

ln the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designates a filtering chamber of any desired or preferred construction. This chamber 1 is provided with the usual filtering stone 2 positioned directly above the outlet pipe 3. The chamber 1 is provided with the usual inlet or supply pipe 4, having the customary valve 5 by which the admission of fluid into the chamber 1 is regulated.

The outlet pipe 3 is adapted for the reception of the filtered Water and is provided with suitable bends by which it is conducted to a Specification of Letters Patent.

Appication filed April 17, 1908.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 427,712.

cooling receptacle 6. rFhis receptacle 6 provides a substantially rectangular structure having doors 7 upon each of its sides, hinged to the base of the receptacle and normally retained in closed position by the catches 8 upon the top of the receptacle.

The pipe 3 is adapted to enter the chamber 6 near one of the ends thereof and at a suitable distance away from one of the sides or doors 7. The pipe 3 within the receptacle 6 is provided with a horizontally extending member provided with a suitable elbow near Vthe opposite end ofthe receptacle 6, and this elbow is provided with a horizontal extension 9` terminating adjacent the point of entrance of the pipe 3 and being provided with a suitable cap 1() Which effectively closes the pipe. The horizontal portion of the pipe 3 and the extension 9 are each provided with a plurality of vertically disposed nipples 11 provided with suitable valves 12. These nipples 11 are ada ted for engagement with the mouths of a p urality of bottles or containers 12, and it will be seen that the liquid iiowing through the pipe 3 and the eX- tension 9 will be forced to enter the bottles or containers 12 when the valves 12 are opened and the nipples connected with the containers. It will be also seen that any number of these containers 12 may be employed, and that as the valves 12 are opened to allow communication with the containers they will be filled continuously.

Connected with the filtering chamber 1 is 'a downwardly extending pipe 14. This pipe 14 is adapted to engage a suitable nipple provided upon the filtering chamber 1 away from the ath of the filtering stone 2, so that uniiltere( fluid is adapted to flow through this pipe 14. The pipe 141 is connected with. a suitable chamber 15, in which is positioned a suitable water wheel 1 6. This wheel 16 maybe provided with any desired number of blades, and it will be noted by reference to Fig. 1 of thc drawings that the pipe 14 enters at one side of the casing` 15 so that the fluid from the casing 1 has direct action upon the blades of the fan. The pipe 14 connecting the casing 15 and the chamber 1 is provided with a suitable regulating cock 18bywl1ich the fluid delivered from Athe said casing 1 to thc fan chamber 15 may be readily regulated and by which the entire supply of fluid may be cut off' should it be desired. The casing 15 is provided with a suitableoutlet pipe 17 through 'which the fluid fed to the lan 16 obtains an outlet. The horizontal shaft 19 of the wheel 16 has its opposite end connected with a suitable ian 20 positioned within a casing` 21. This casing 21 is provided with an air inlet 22 at its upper end, while its lower end is provided with an out lt pipe 23 communicating` with the receptac e From the above description, taken in` conf nection with the accompanying drawings, it

will be observed that by the employment of an apparatus substantially as set forth, water or other iluid from a suitable source of supply may be iiltered and the filtered water conveyed and deposited within a plurality of containers deposited Within a cooling chamber, and that the action of the water from the filtering,` chamber rotates a suitable water wheel which in turn rotates a fan by which cool air is conveyed to the receptacle in which the bottles or containers are positioned. lt will be also observed that the receptacle 6 provide suilicient space between its inner walls and the containers for therece )tion of articles to be cooled. It will be stl l further observed that the containers 12 may be readily removed from their connection with the nipples 11 and can be easily replaced upon the nipples when desired. lhe

nipples 11 may be constructed ol llexible l material whereby they may be readily bent to allow the removal of the containers 127 and may be provided with a 'flange 24., asv clearly illustrated in the drawings, adapted to tightly engage the mouth of the containers 12 and thus effectively retain the liquid within the containers.

The longitudinal member of the pipe section 3 is provided with a valve 25, whereby the iiow of the filtered water may be regulated, and the vertical section of the pipe system 3 is provided with a suitable faucet 26, whereby filtered water may be readily drawn from the pipe when desired, A

From the above description, it will benoted that the stone 2 within the ltering chamber 1 may be retained in a constantly cleansed condition by the water passing` through the chamber and out through the pipe 14 ellectively washing' the filtering stone.

t will be further noted that all the parts are amply incased and are effectively prol tected from the entrance of dust or other undesirable substances.

Havingr thus described the invention what is claimed as new is The combination with a reservoir, adapted for the reception of a liquid, ol a receptacle, a pipe connection between the reservoir and receptacle, a regulating valve upon the pipe, a casingl below the reservoir, a valved connection between the reservoir and the casing, an outlet for the casing, a water wheel within the casing, said water wheel being)l provided with an extending shaft mounted within a second casing, a paddle wheel within this second casing connected with the shalt, an air inlet pipe connected with this casing, and an air outlet pipe connected with this casing` and with the receptacle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

in testimony whereoic l, atllX lny signature in presence oi two witnesses.

KKUJI NAKAGAVVI Witnesses Lnwrs WATKINs, JOHN MCKENNA. 

